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Dear colleagues,

We would like to invite all of you interested in external knowledge sourcing to join us at the PDW below. This highly interactive workshop brings together a group of experts (Ahuja, Alcacer, Cassiman, Dushnitsky, Monteiro and Singh) with an in-depth understanding of distinct modes of accessing external knowledge and who will discuss how different theoretical lenses and methodological approaches can jointly illuminate this critical organizational process.

We look forward to seeing you in Montreal!

All the best,

Felipe

Luiz Felipe Monteiro

Assistant Professor

Management Department

The Wharton School

University of Pennsylvania

2017 Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall

3620 Locust Walk

Philadelphia, PA 19104

+ 1.215.746.3553 phone

+ 1.215.898.0401 fax

luizm@wharton.upenn.edu

Web: http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/faculty/monteiro.html

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Towards an Integrated View of External Knowledge Sourcing (Sponsored by BPS, TIM, IM, ENT)

Professional Development Workshop, 2010 AoM Annual Meeting (Montréal, Canada)

Saturday, Aug 7^th, 3:00PM - 5:30PM

Location: Le Palais Des Congres, 511C

Organizers:

Thomas Klueter, University of Pennsylvania

Felipe Monteiro, University of Pennsylvania

Discussants:

Gautam Ahuja; U. of Michigan

Juan Alcacer; Harvard U.

Bruno Cassiman; IESE Business School

Gary Dushnitsky; London Business School

Felipe Monteiro; U. of Pennsylvania

Harbir Singh; U. of Pennsylvania

Workshop overview:

Many scholars share the view that external knowledge sourcing is a critical process that broadens a firm's knowledge base and fosters innovation. Although scholars have implicitly acknowledged that firms can, and do, use different modes to source knowledge outside their boundaries - ranging from technology alliances, acquisitions, corporate venture capital investments, technology scouting to licensing contracts just to name a few - there has there has been little systematic analysis integrating the above modes of external knowledge sourcing. We argue that we need a better understanding of whether, how and in which dimensions those modes are different from each other. This PDW aims at creating a network of scholars who not only have an in-depth understanding of distinct modes of accessing external knowledge but also who are genuinely interested and open to learn how different theoretical lenses and methodological approaches can jointly illuminate an organization process which is so fundamental to firm performance.

Workshop format and registration:

Participants will have the opportunity to hear and learn from some of the leading scholars who have studied how firm source and use external technologies. Pre-registration for the PDW will be required. Pre-registered participants will be asked to complete a short online survey end of July where they will be able to indicate the mode(s) of external knowledge sourcing they consider themselves most familiar with. We will use this information to assign participants to different discussion groups during the PDW.

Interested participants should register at https://secure.aomonline.org/PDWReg.

Key topics and questions pertinent for this PDW:

-          Why should we take an integrated view of external knowledge sourcing?

-          Are different modes of external knowledge sourcing complements or substitutes?

-          Where is the locus of decision making with respect to modes of external knowledge sourcing and do different modes of external knowledge sourcing compete for similar internal resources?

-          When do firms transition from using one mode to another and do firms stop using distinct modes?

-          What are typical patterns of knowledge sourcing portfolios used by firms and are there optimal configurations to tap into external knowledge?

-          What are the connections between foreign location choice, modes and external knowledge sourcing

-          What are major trends emerging in different modes of external knowledge sourcing.

If you have any question or suggestions about the PDW, please contact the organizers at klueter@wharton.upenn.edu (Thomas Klueter) or luizm@wharton.upenn.edu (Felipe Monteiro).

Thomas Maximilian Klueter                                                                                               Felipe Monteiro
PhD Student, Management Department                                                                         Assistant Professor, Management Department
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania                                                          The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Office: SHDH 2056                                                                                                              Office: SHDH 2017
Phone: (267) 231-1643                                                                                                      Phone: (215) 746-3553

klueter@wharton.upenn.edu                                                                                           luizm@wharton.upenn.edu